Say Freeze Craft Smart paper pad

Just before Christmas I took one last trip to Michael's and bought several 12 x 12 paper pads. I know I shouldn't have, but the images on "Say Freeze" really called to me so I did it.  I already had the 6 x 6 version of the same paper, I just had to have the bigger one, too.

The poinsettias are from the smaller paper pad, and the outside sentiment is from Queen & Co's Special Delivery kit. The inside sentiment is from Avery Elle's "Comfort & Joy" sentiment set.  The die cut poinsettia on the front is a Sizzix die that came with a pillow box die. The inside of the flowers are embellished with copper colored Nuvo drops.

Here's the real reason I needed the larger paper pad.  There is this wonderful image of snowmen driving a red pickup truck.  It's larger, covering the front of these two 5 x 6.5" cards.  The "Merry Christmas" die is from Kat Scrappiness, cut once from gold card stock and once from cream card stock, and layered together, a little offset.

On the inside of the card I layered another piece of patterned paper and the same sentiment as above from Avery Elle. The inside sentiment is on a panel cut with a scalloped die from Gina Marie Designs.

This second truck card features the "Fa La La" die and shadow from Simon Says Stamp.  The little sentiment, "Make it jolly, so jolly" is silver embossed from a sentiment set from Scrapbook.com called "Make it Jolly".

The inside sentiment is from an old Hero Arts set CL359 from 2012.  It's embossed in silver, with a couple of snowflake stamps that I can't immediately identify. 

So, I don't need anymore Christmas cards, but I've decided not to stop making them because, I don't want to stop.

When you think of pickup trucks you think of dogs.

Yes, I had to do it at least once. I slipped a white, die cut dog in the back of a pickup truck. Think of him as a pale yellow lab.

My only basset hound die was way too big for this truck or card.   This card has been mailed already, but here's what I did with the inside:

Yes, another little white-on-white dog. Sometimes I crack myself up.

truckin', part 3

Another vintage red truck from Queen & Co,'s Special Delivery kit.  I do love these trucks.

The black and white "road" is washi tape, and this time I used a sentiment from the kit.

I have enough Christmas cards now, but I can't seem to stop making them. So I won't.

Birthday break!

I stopped with the holiday cards long enough to make a few critterless birthday cards.  I give my friend cards each year for her birthday and she hinted that she needs more birthday cards.  She also is not a big fan of critters, so there's that.

The first 2 cards are using the Simon Says Stamp Leafy Frames kit from last June. The sentiment on the front is from an older set, and the inside sentiment (the scripty "happy birthday to you") is an older one from Lawn Fawn.  "Queen for the Day" is an older sentiment from My Favorite Things.

As much as I liked the Leafy Frames kit, the sentiments were not really on point for me and my card making style.

Then, because I couldn't resist, I made another vintage red pickup truck.  From Queen & Co.'s Special Delivery kit.

Now that's done with I can get back to Christmas again!

More truckin'

More holiday trucks from Queen & Co's "Special Delivery" kit. 

I seriously love pictures of vintage pickup trucks.

The top card is larger than normal, at 5 by 6.5 inches.  The sentiment on the bottom card is the same one I've been using from Hero Arts.

Keep on truckin'

Yes, I'm starting in on my new kit from Queen & Co, "Special Delivery".  These kits are killing me, I seem to need them all.

There is something festive about a vintage red pickup truck that is speaking to me quite loudly recently.   This particular kit comes with shaker elements that stand up higher than I usually make.  I finally can put some of the dollar store beads in a shaker without doubling up on the foam tape. That's the good news.  The bad news is that it's so deep that extra postage may be necessary. 

For this, my first card from the kit, I used pearlesent paper from Michael's for the truck, and also for the back window and sentiment banner.  The sentiment is from my old favorite from Hero Arts. 

After I embellished with the 3 dots of Nuvo drops in the upper right corner, I noticed that I had forgotten to cut and attach the tail lights.  So I just put Nuvo drops there, too.

Now that I've had some fun with the truck, I need to go make some birthday cards for a birthday present. I wish I could say I had some in my stash to give, but the recipient doesn't do critters.  So I need to make some more with flowers and other non-animal focal points.

Happy December, everyone!